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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Peebles
from the 5 of Aprile 1790 to the 5 of Aprile 1791 by William Brunton Surveyor

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount to the Sum of
One pound and five Shillings and that upon the twenty seventh day of November I delivered to John Hyslop Collector of these duties for the Burgh
aforesaid an exact copy of the above which containd my Oath that the preceding inhabitants were duly served with Requisitions of the dates
foresaid desiring them within fourteen days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon calling for that purpose an attested list of all
the Servants horses and Carriages they might use and employ anywhere Else and that the forgoing report was made up from their several attested
lists or Returns to me from the best information I coud procure or from my own certain knowledge of their Respective Establishments.
William Brunton